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I was looking at Wikipedia’s list of Russian names, and came across the surname Frolov. It said it was derived from the masculine name Frol, but I couldn’t find any information about that name. Anyone have any info?
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Hello there,
I readily accept that the Frol name appeared in the HRE. However, I verily doubt the meaning "flavor".
Please consider Frol and Frolov or Frolova, as a Russian surnames derived from the male given name Frol literally means Frol's. These could derive from the Germanic Frol name, but I believe an older Scythian origin may be possible.
In fact, there are many arguments to reason that the Frol or Vrol names are variants of names used by one original family that moved from Scythia to the Middle East, to Rome and to Western Europe as many generation passed.
Indeed, as a historian, genealogist and linguist, I will claim these the roots of my family, and by extension, these could be yours.
For sure, we are myriad. In the English language alone there are more than 5000 variants of the family name.
The family seems integral to the history of the Frisians. My family branch seems to have had ties to the counts of West-Frisia - among which one Floris, generally equated to Latin Florentinus, and by some thought to indicate a Florentine origin - probably wrongfully, although a Northern-Italian branch of the family seem to have brought over a relative, Leonardo da Vinci, to the French royal household, with which he consorted.
That aside, you could look for Ferol, Varol, Ferrel, Frel, Frollo, Freleu, Fruylleer, Farel, as some variant names of the greater family, which also contains the Verel, Verrel, Veret, names of my branch of Paris, the Vaud, Piemont and the Bourgondians.
As a German it may interest you that Varus, the Roman commander probably was a family member. He had a feud with Tiberius, the rival commander, who had set a trap for him in the Alps. Varus, forewarned, retreated, and would have realized that Tiberius was now a mortal enemy and that Octavian, Augustus, now supported his relative. Moving north was then his only option, in order to save himself and those in his army loyal to him, among whom Arminius. Once in Germania, Varus would have moved northwest to the Rhineland, shielded by Germanic tribes, to settle first in Colonia Agrippina, where there was support for his family that had risen to absolute power in Rome with the Agrippa gens. Later, they would move to Frisia, the to Brittannia, Ireland and Scotland, to return to Frisia, possibly led by a Veran, who settled in Franeker to lead his people, the Franks.
I readily accept that the Frol name appeared in the HRE. However, I verily doubt the meaning "flavor".
Please consider Frol and Frolov or Frolova, as a Russian surnames derived from the male given name Frol literally means Frol's. These could derive from the Germanic Frol name, but I believe an older Scythian origin may be possible.
In fact, there are many arguments to reason that the Frol or Vrol names are variants of names used by one original family that moved from Scythia to the Middle East, to Rome and to Western Europe as many generation passed.
Indeed, as a historian, genealogist and linguist, I will claim these the roots of my family, and by extension, these could be yours.
For sure, we are myriad. In the English language alone there are more than 5000 variants of the family name.
The family seems integral to the history of the Frisians. My family branch seems to have had ties to the counts of West-Frisia - among which one Floris, generally equated to Latin Florentinus, and by some thought to indicate a Florentine origin - probably wrongfully, although a Northern-Italian branch of the family seem to have brought over a relative, Leonardo da Vinci, to the French royal household, with which he consorted.
That aside, you could look for Ferol, Varol, Ferrel, Frel, Frollo, Freleu, Fruylleer, Farel, as some variant names of the greater family, which also contains the Verel, Verrel, Veret, names of my branch of Paris, the Vaud, Piemont and the Bourgondians.
As a German it may interest you that Varus, the Roman commander probably was a family member. He had a feud with Tiberius, the rival commander, who had set a trap for him in the Alps. Varus, forewarned, retreated, and would have realized that Tiberius was now a mortal enemy and that Octavian, Augustus, now supported his relative. Moving north was then his only option, in order to save himself and those in his army loyal to him, among whom Arminius. Once in Germania, Varus would have moved northwest to the Rhineland, shielded by Germanic tribes, to settle first in Colonia Agrippina, where there was support for his family that had risen to absolute power in Rome with the Agrippa gens. Later, they would move to Frisia, the to Brittannia, Ireland and Scotland, to return to Frisia, possibly led by a Veran, who settled in Franeker to lead his people, the Franks.
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In addendum to the aforegoing message, I mention that Floris, Latinized Florentinus, was the name of one of the counts of West-Fridia, Holland, with whom my family seem related.
E.V.
E.V.
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